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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... • Workup • General ... ManagementAirway ... #Management #treatment ... #workup #pulmonary
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
Treatment of Obstructive ... Apnea Positive airway ... to PAP, but not as ... Obstructive #SleepApnea #Treatment ... #management #pulmonary
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Stridor - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... e.g., GBS, MG, ALS ... #differential #Diagnosis
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
fumigatus in the airways ... response leading to airway ... Aspergillus IgG may also ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
last resort when all ... Check optimal airway ... management is in ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
bronchoscopic and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... Note that not all ... long-term outcomes or comparison ... #Management #AdvancedCOPD
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... • Flood airway ... diathermy • Remove all ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... for alternate diagnoses ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Consider alternate diagnoses ... a chest X-ray as ... soon as clinically ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup